The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... observed , " Sir , he is one of the many who have made themselves publick without making themselves known . " A young student of Oxford , of the name of Barclay , wrote an answer to Kenrick's review of Johnson's Shakspeare . Johnson was ...
... observed , " Sir , he is one of the many who have made themselves publick without making themselves known . " A young student of Oxford , of the name of Barclay , wrote an answer to Kenrick's review of Johnson's Shakspeare . Johnson was ...
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... by philoso- phers , to console ourselves , when distressed or embarrassed , by thinking of those who are in a worse situation than ourselves . This , I observed , could not apply to all , for there must be 22 1766 . THE LIFE OF.
... by philoso- phers , to console ourselves , when distressed or embarrassed , by thinking of those who are in a worse situation than ourselves . This , I observed , could not apply to all , for there must be 22 1766 . THE LIFE OF.
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... observed , " The great difficulty is to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have ge- nerally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and ...
... observed , " The great difficulty is to know when you have made good ones . When composing , I have ge- nerally had them in my mind , perhaps fifty at a time , walking up and down in my room ; and then I have written them down , and ...
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... observations in defence of my Latin , which you have found fault with . " You think I should have used spei primæ in- stead of spei altera . Spes is , indeed , often used 5 The passage omitted explained the transaction to which the ...
... observations in defence of my Latin , which you have found fault with . " You think I should have used spei primæ in- stead of spei altera . Spes is , indeed , often used 5 The passage omitted explained the transaction to which the ...
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... observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer compli- ment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any re- ply to this ...
... observed to me , upon this , that " No man could have paid a handsomer compli- ment ; and it was fit for a King to pay . It was decisive . " When asked by another friend , at Sir Joshua Reynolds's , whether he made any re- ply to this ...
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66 DEAR SIR acquaintance admiration afraid answered appeared asked authour Beggar's Opera believe BENNET LANGTON called character church compliments consider conversation Court dined Edinburgh edition eminent England Erse favour Fleet Street Garrick gentleman give Goldsmith happy hear heard Hebrides honour hope humble servant humour JAMES BOSWELL John Johnson judge King lady Langton laugh learning letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Bute Lord Hailes Lord Mansfield Lord Monboddo Lucy Porter manner ment mentioned merit mind nation never obliged observed occasion opinion Oxford perhaps pleased pleasure poem publick racter reason remark SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotch Scotland seemed Shakspeare Sir Joshua Sir Joshua Reynolds speak Streatham suppose sure talked tell thing thought Thrale tion told Tom Davies truth wish wonder write written wrote
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363 페이지 - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
326 페이지 - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
190 페이지 - I believe they might be good beings ; but they were not fit to be in the University of Oxford. A cow is a very good animal in the field ; but we turn her out of a garden.
213 페이지 - ... else that denoted his imbecility. I as much believe that he wrote it, as if I had seen him do it. Sir, had he shown it to any one friend, he would not have been allowed to publish it. He has, indeed, done it very well ; but it is a foolish thing well done. I suppose he has been so much elated with the success of his new comedy, that he has thought every thing that concerned him must be of importance to the public.
123 페이지 - Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, he said, was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise.
173 페이지 - But, Sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the Crown ". JoHNSON : " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the Crown ? The Crown has not power enough.
323 페이지 - I wondered to hear him say of " Gulliver's Travels," —" When once you have thought of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest.
90 페이지 - ... of the boats, and other circumstances, are all very good description ; but do not impress the mind at once with the horrible idea of immense height. The impression is divided ; you pass on by computation, from one stage of the tremendous space to another. Had the girl in ' The Mourning Bride' said, she could not cast h'er shoe to the top of one of the pillars in the temple, it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it.
260 페이지 - I remember one day, when Tom Davies was telling that Dr. Johnson said — ' We are all in labour for a name to Goldy's play,' Goldsmith seemed displeased that such a liberty should be taken with his name, and said, ' I have often desired him not to call me Goldy.
233 페이지 - For instance, (said he), the fable of the little fishes, who saw birds fly over their heads, and envying them, petitioned Jupiter to be changed into birds. The skill (continued he,) consists in making them talk like little fishes.